Sometimes hard issues need a light touch, which is where comedian Jena Friedman comes in. In her new Adult Swim mini-special Soft Focus with Jena Friedman (premiering this Sunday, February 18th at midnight), she approaches issues like campus rape and the story of the Cannibal Cop with a surreal sensibility that straddles the line between […]
Continue ReadingA TV adaptation of Anna Drezen and Todd Dakotah Briscoe’s book How May We Hate You? is getting a second chance on another network. According to Deadline, 2 Broke Girls star Kat Dennings has signed on to star in an ABC pilot based on the book, which was originally developed as a multi-cam comedy at […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel reflects on the horrific high school shooting in Florida earlier this week and calls on Trump and the GOP politicians who “stuff their pockets with money from the NRA” to take action in the form of gun control immediately. “And don’t you dare let anyone […]
Continue ReadingComedy Dynamics has six new standup specials in the works it’s calling “the ‘90s comedian six-pack.” The specials were taped at the Palace Theater in Los Angeles in November 2017, and Comedy Dynamics will start by releasing Louie Anderson’s special on VOD sometime in April. Following that, new specials will be released on a monthly […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingToday, Amy Schumer confirmed reports that she married her boyfriend Chris Fischer earlier this week, and her Instagram posts today revealed that she managed to get the best wedding officiant possible: John Early in character as Southern comedian Vicky AKA “Vicky with a V”: Schumer confirmed it was indeed Vicky leading the ceremony in another post on […]
Continue ReadingMarlon Wayans heads to Netflix later this month with a new standup special. Titled Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish, the special was ordered by the streaming network in September and was filmed at MGM National Harbor’s The Theater in Washington DC. In addition to the standup special, Marlon has a busy year ahead of him – his NBC […]
Continue ReadingBlack-ish creator Kenya Barris now has two comedy pilots in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has ordered a single-cam pilot executive produced by Barris called Bright Futures, which he originally had in development at ABC last year. Written by Grown-ish’s Hale Rothstein, Danny Segal, and Isaac Schamis, the ensemble comedy centers on “a group of […]
Continue ReadingI’m a human. We all are (probably), and we’ve all got the Internet. That means one thing, and one thing only: we’ve all seen training video parodies. Lots of ’em. What we probably haven’t seen is the definitive parody, because So You’re Grounded only has about 2,000 views at the time of my writing this. Let’s […]
Continue ReadingNot long after renewing Grace and Frankie, Netflix has now announced a cancellation. TVLine reports that the streaming network has canceled the Kathy Bates-starring series Disjointed after just one season. Created by Chuck Lorre, the series was ordered by Netflix back in July 2016 and debuted its first season in August 2017. Reviews for the […]
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